Display Apparatus

1. A display apparatus comprising: a plurality of gate lines including a first gate line and a second gate line neighboring the first gate line; a plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines, insulated from the gate lines, and including a first data line and a second data line neighboring the first data line; a plurality of pixels that includes a first pixel, the first pixel including a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, the first sub-pixel including a first sub-pixel electrode, the second sub-pixel including a second sub-pixel electrode, both the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode being disposed between the first gate line and the second gate line in a plan view of the display apparatus and being disposed between the first data line and the second data line in the plan view of the display apparatus, the first sub-pixel being electrically connected to each of the second gate line and the first data line, the second sub-pixel being electrically connected to each of the first gate line and the first data line; and a connection line electrically connected to each of the first data line, the first sub-pixel, and the second sub-pixel, and wherein at least a portion of the connection line is disposed between the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode in the plan view of the display apparatus, and the portion of the connection line does not overlap the gate lines, wherein a first distance which is a shortest distance between the first sub-pixel electrode and the portion of the connection line is longer than a second distance which is a shortest distance between the second sub-pixel electrode and the portion of the connection line in a plan view of the display apparatus, wherein a third distance which is a shortest data line distance between the first sub-pixel electrode and the first data line is longer than a fourth distance which is a shortest distance between the second sub-pixel electrode and the second data line, and wherein the shortest distance is measured in a direction parallel to a direction the gate lines extend in.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first sub-pixel further includes a first transistor electrically connected to the first sub-pixel electrode, the second gate line, and the first data line.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the second sub-pixel further includes a second transistor electrically connected to the second sub-pixel electrode, the first gate line, and the first data line.

4. The display apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising: a common electrode facing the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first sub-pixel electrode and the common electrode and between the second sub-pixel electrode and the common electrode.

5. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first transistor comprises a first source electrode connected to the first data line and a first drain electrode spaced apart from the first source electrode and electrically connected to the first sub pixel electrode, and the second transistor comprises a second source electrode connected to the first data line and a second drain electrode spaced apart from the second source electrode and electrically connected to the second sub pixel electrode.

6. The display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the connection line electrically connects the first source electrode and the second source electrode to each other.

7. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first source electrode comprises a first branch portion extending in a first direction and a first electrode portion connected to the first branch portion and adjacent to the first drain electrode, the second source electrode comprises a second branch portion extending in the first direction and a second electrode portion connected to the second branch portion and adjacent to the second drain electrode, and the connection line electrically connects the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion to each other.

8. The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first sub-pixel electrode is disposed between the first branch portion and the second branch portion in the plan view of the display apparatus.

9. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of data lines further includes a third data line and a fourth data line, and a fifth data line sequentially disposed following the first data line and the second data line, the plurality of pixels further includes a second pixel, a third pixel, and a fourth pixel, the second pixel including a third sub-pixel and a fourth sub-pixel each having a sub-pixel electrode disposed between the second data line and the third data line, the third pixel including a fifth sub-pixel and a sixth sub-pixel each having a sub-pixel electrode disposed between the third data line and the fourth data line, the fourth pixel including a seventh sub-pixel and an eighth sub-pixel each having a sub-pixel electrode disposed between the fourth data line and the fifth data line, the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel are electrically connected to the second data line, the fifth sub-pixel and the sixth sub-pixel are electrically connected to the third data line, and the seventh sub-pixel and the eighth sub-pixel are electrically connected to the fourth data line.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein each of the first sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel, and the seventh sub-pixel includes a first-color filter and is electrically connected to the second gate line.

11. The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein each of the second sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the eighth sub-pixel includes a second-color filter and is electrically connected to the first gate line.

12. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein each of the third sub-pixel and the sixth sub-pixel includes a third-color filter, the third sub-pixel is electrically connected to the first gate line, and the sixth sub-pixel is electrically connected to the second gate line.

13. The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of gate lines further includes a third gate line and a fourth gate line sequentially disposed following the first gate line and the second gate line, the plurality of pixels further includes a fifth pixel that includes a ninth sub-pixel and a tenth sub-pixel each having a sub-pixel electrode disposed between the first data line and the second data line and between the third gate line and the fourth gate line, each of the ninth sub-pixel and the tenth sub-pixel is electrically connected to the second data line, the ninth sub-pixel includes a corresponding first-color filter and is electrically connected to the fourth gate line, and the tenth sub-pixel includes a corresponding second-color filter and is electrically connected to the third gate line.

14. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein in a first frame the first data line receives a first data voltage having a first polarity, and in the first frame the second data line receives a second data voltage having a second polarity different from the first polarity.

15. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein in a second frame following the first frame the first data line receives a third data voltage having the second polarity, and in the second frame the second data line receives a fourth data voltage having the first polarity.

16. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising: a first gate driver that outputs a gate signal to the first gate line; a second gate driver that outputs the gate signal to the second gate line; a data driver that applies the data voltage to the first data line and the second data line; and a timing controller that outputs a gate control signal to the first and second gate drivers and outputs an image signal and a data control signal to the data driver.

17. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the first gate driver comprises at least one stage circuit to apply the gate signal to the first gate line, and the second gate driver comprises at least one stage circuit to apply the gate signal to the second gate line.

18. A display apparatus comprising: a plurality of gate lines including a first gate line and a second gate line neighboring the first gate line; a plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines, insulated from the gate lines, and including a first data line and a second data line neighboring the first data line; a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, the first sub-pixel including a first sub-pixel electrode, the second sub-pixel including a second sub-pixel electrode, both the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode being disposed between the first gate line and the second gate line in a plan view of the display apparatus and being disposed between the first data line and the second data line in the plan view of the display apparatus, the first sub-pixel being electrically connected to each of the second gate line and the first data line, the second sub-pixel being electrically connected to each of the first gate line and the first data line; and a signal line including a portion of the first data line and enclosing the first sub-pixel in a plan view of the display apparatus, wherein a first distance which is a shortest distance between the first sub-pixel electrode and the signal line is longer than a second distance which is a shortest distance between the second sub-pixel electrode and the signal line in a plan view of the display apparatus, wherein a third distance which is a shortest distance between the first sub-pixel electrode and the first data line is longer than a fourth distance which is a shortest distance between the second sub-pixel electrode and the second data line, and wherein the shortest distance is measured in a direction parallel to a direction the gate lines extend in.